Murray's 2008 Accuser on Mayor's New Accusations Against Him: "It's Hogwash"

by Sydney BrownstoneJeff Simpson, left, has alleged that Mayor Ed Murray molested him as a child in the 1980's. Simpson's wife, Janice (right), supports him. Thomas Teal
This morning, Mayor Ed Murray published an op-ed claiming that the allegations of child rape against him—from three people—are politically motivated by opponents of gay rights.
In that op-ed, Murray claimed that the first accuser who came forward in 2008, Jeff Simpson, had tried to extort him, and when he failed, wen